Four million cars registered as being kept off the road The number of cars registered as being kept off the road in the UK has risen by 6.3% in a year to over four million. buff.ly/ikJ8e5Q

Summer heatwave could cause pothole nightmare for insurers. Insurers could see a higher influx of vehicle damage claims and more complex liability investigations after this summer’s heatwave played havoc with the UK’s roads. buff.ly/xrinRJi

Taxi! An all-new LEVC London ‘black cab’ is on the way The London EV Company has announced that its next-generation black cab will be here in the second half of 2027 - here’s all the knowledge we have so far buff.ly/sGpllx9

New Dodge Charger 2026 review: real US muscle makes some UK sense The Dodge Charger is both characterful and practical, but it's likely to be a rare sight on UK roads. buff.ly/41Y6Duu

Courts cannot be left behind in AI rush, says minister The government cannot allow the emergence of a two-tier system where large City law firms are at the cutting edge of AI use while the courts are “stuck in the analogue age”... buff.ly/NpfD1T7

Chinese Cars Are Winning the Sales Race But Can the Repair Industry Keep Up? Sales are outpacing claims infrastructure. We examine repair methods, parts supply, assessment, total-loss risk and the implications for bodyshops and accident management: buff.ly/pXHtO0j

New Stellantis BOW van is quite literally a ‘Box on Wheels’ buff.ly/fRXKq1k

Thick foliage leading to speed limit offences . New research has found that 19% of drivers have accidentally broken the speed limit due to road signs being obscured with foliage. buff.ly/FSNHY2h

New study identifies flaws in AI vehicle damage assessment. Vehicle engineering specialist Laird has warned against relying solely on artificial intelligence for vehicle damage assessment. buff.ly/Gw15dAn

'I almost fell asleep' - Drivers react to dull Madring F1 debut buff.ly/B0h1R0S

Jaguar Land Rover boss to meet minister as thousands of job cuts expected buff.ly/S9iVmLb

Axe falls at VW Group with 100,000 jobs and half the car range chopped. The cuts keep coming as German giant desperately tries to remain competitive in a rapidly changing automotive landscape buff.ly/65v3hRa

Total Loss Avoidance Schemes With the percentage of total loss' rising our engineers work with bodyshops when a car is a borderline total loss, with our Total Loss Avoidance Scheme... buff.ly/zrQQ2YO

Why Visual AI Still Falls Short on Accident Damage VI and LLM estimating can be excellent at spotting visible damage, but vehicle damage assessment demands more. Hidden, structural and suspension damage is easily missed, making estimates incomplete... buff.ly/4mnLcc4

Estimating Support for Bodyshops Ffrom fully costed estimates to networked estimates, supplementary reports and third-party negotiation, helping repairers save time, increase capacity and keep repairs moving. buff.ly/ftEXYAc

Convictions for defective tyres increase in the UK buff.ly/fXtRkq5

Young drivers say ICE cars as obsolete as landlines buff.ly/WVVpFuA

Italian Grand Prix: Kimi Antonelli's stunning Monza victory will go down in F1 folklore After Sunday's race, Wolff said that beforehand he thought that one of his two drivers was going to be standing on the top of the podium. buff.ly/R2W6pfR

Italian police add a 907 hp Lamborghini Temerario Polizia to their fleet. Lamborghini has presented the Italian State Police with its latest supercar, the Temerario, continuing a tradition spanning more than 2 decades. buff.ly/wFpefTK

New Jensen Interceptor GTX is a wild track-only 960bhp monster Famous name from Sixties returns with supercharged V8 track weapon, but two road cars are already in the works buff.ly/fPr8dby